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H. A. REDFELD KEEPER FOR CUFF BUTTONS Filed Feb. 2, '1925 L@ @M MAM Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

HOWARD A. REDFIELD, OF IVION'IEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA.

KEEPER FOR CUFF BUTTONS.

Application led February 2, 1925.

To all whom t may concern.' n

Be it known that I, HOWARD A. REDFIELD, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Monterey Park, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and use- :tul Improvements in Keepers Jfor Cuff Buttons, set forth in the annexed specification.

My invention is a keeper for cuit buttons, and has for its object the production of a simple and eiiicient device for preventing` the loss of cuil buttons in case the lesser' or folding head of' the button slips thru the button hole of the cuff.

In the accoin1n111yi-ng drawings Fig. 1 is a plan at an enlarged scale of a keeper' in the form of a Wheel;

Fig. 9. is a central vertical section;

Fig. 3 is a central horizontal section;

Fig. -1 is a section on line 1 -4 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 5 and G show two ways of applying the kee )er to a cuit button located in a cuil'.

The keeper is in the form of a plate of soft rubber or equivalent material. This plate may be or' any convenient form, but I have illustrated it as a disk having a heavy edge or rim and a thin Web 11. The rim is for stiifening purposes.

At the center is a hub 12 having a central opening 13. From the hub to the rim are two arms 14, and in these arms are slots 15 running :from the opening 13 to openings 1G near the rim. I have also shown two other arms corresponding to arms 14, and perpendicular thereto, but these are matters ot symmetry.

The total length of the slotted portion, from one hole 16 to the other, is preferably a little less than the length of a button hole in a cuff, and the total diameter of the keeper is greater than the button hole length. The material around the holes 16, particularlyl Serial No. 6,168.

at the edges of those holes furthest from the center 13, is made heavier than elsewhere. This is for reinforcement to overcome a tendency to tear at this point when placing the keeper on or removing it from a cuff button. Making the holes 16 of a diameter considerably greater than the width of the slots 15 also reduces the tendency to tear at the ends of the slots.

The two slots 15 are in fact one slot having a central enlargement ,13, and terminating in enlargements 1G. The material around the slot is reinforced, this reinforcement being slightly greater at the ends of the slot than elsewhere.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the keeper mounted on the shank 17 of a culi' button, and between the edges ol the cuil' 18. In Fig. G I have shown 1t .located between the folds of the eu'lli' and adjacent to the lesser head o'l the button. It the head 19 should slip thru the button hole in the cult, as very commonly happens, it would be retained by the keeper because the keeper is of resilient material and maintains its position in intimate Contact with the shank of the button'. It to be noted that in either position, the keeper .is concealed by the material ot the out?.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A culi button keeper composed of solt rubber molded into the form of a disk having a reinforced rim and provided with a transverse slot, the material around the slot being also reinforced.

2. A cuit button keeper composed of soft rubber molded into the form of a plate having a reinforced outer edge and provided with a transverse slot, said slot having its ends terminating in round holes ci" a diameter greater than the width of the slot, the material adjacent to the slot and around the holes being reinforced.

I-IOIARD A. REDFIELD. 

